1.   Chinese miners often have little or no training and the mines frequently lack even basic safety equipment, such as ventilators to prevent buildups of deadly coal gas.

2.   Chinese mines often lack the vents that prevent explosions by drawing gas generated during mining out of the shaft.

3.   Many mines lack adequate ventilation and safety equipment.

4.   Many mines lack fans or other forms of ventilation to disperse volatile coal gas produced while mining.

5.   Mines often lack adequate safety equipment and many operate illegally, sometimes employing inexperienced farmers.

6.   Mines often lack safety equipment and operate illegally, sometimes employing inexperienced farmers.

7.   The number of miners killed on the job has been steadily increasing in recent years because mines lack the funds needed to modernize equipment and improve safety conditions.

8.   The mines lack the money to buy the diesel fuel necessary for their work, she said.

9.   The number of miners killed on the job has been increasing steadily in recent years because mines lack the funds needed to modernize equipment and improve safety conditions.

10.   The number of job fatalities has been steadily increasing in recent years because mines lack the funds needed to modernize equipment and improve safety conditions.